Newt
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: newt 
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|---|---|
| Difficulty | 1 |
| Attacks | Bite 1d2 |
| Base level | 0 |
| Base experience | 1 |
| Speed | 6 |
| Base AC | 8 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 |
| Frequency | Very common |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 10 |
| Nutritional value | 20 |
| Size | Tiny |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
| Other attributes | A newt:
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| Reference | monst.c#line2849 |
A newt is one of the lower-level NetHack monsters, usually appearing on the first few floors. It can be quite the nuisance for lower levels.
Eating a newt corpse occasionally raises your current Power, with the message "You feel a mild buzz"[1]. The chance is determined two ways: 1) A fixed chance of approximately 1 in 3, and 2) it will always be increased if your (current Power * 3) is less than your (max Power * 2)[2].
If you do get an increase, your current Power will be increased by between 1 to 3 points[3]. If this increase would raise you above your total maximum Power, the maximum is increased by 1, and current Power is set to maximum. [4]
Newts are featured prominently in Dudley's dungeon.
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(kinds of) small animal, like a lizard, which spends most of
its time in the water.
[ Oxford's Student's Dictionary of Current English ]
"Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
[ Macbeth, by William Shakespeare ]
